The Jewish nobility in the Danubian Monarchy (1848-1918)

The year 1848 brought fundamental changes to the society of the Danubian Monarchy. The Jews were granted equal rights with the rest of the population of the Monarchy, and the euphoria evoked by these changes stimulated many of them to achieve great things. Some of them achieved an important social position, which was often crowned with the granting of a noble title. These successes, and especially the Vienna stock exchange crash of 1873 with the resulting economic crisis, as well as the mass influx of Jewish emigrants from Eastern Europe, stimulated the origin of modem anti-Semitism. However, the Jews continued to play an important role in the life of Austria or after 1867 Austria-Hungary. Their position was especially dominant among bankers and industrialists, but many worked in offices or the army, while some played distinguished roles in the cultural and scientific fields.